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Webjet in legal battle over flight price misrepresentation

Inside Retail

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) launched the legal action in the Federal Court against Webjet for displaying “flights from $X” statements but omitting its compulsory service fee and booking price guarantee fee in the advertised prices between November 2018 and November 2023.

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As Meta Flounders, Amazon and Google Prove it’s All About the Advertising

Retail TouchPoints

For the first time the tech giant broke out revenue from its advertising business (more than $31 billion in 2021 — see, you’re impressed) and announced that it will be raising the annual fee for its Prime subscription for the first time since 2018, from $119 a year to $139 a year. Since 2018 in the U.S., stock market’s history.

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Hy-Vee RMN Deploys Carrot Ads Solution; Instacart Extends Ad Placements to Smart Carts

Retail TouchPoints

This new integration will give Hy-Vee RedMedia access both to Instacarts ad technology and its CPG advertising ecosystem, which delivers advertiser demand from more than 7,000 brands. For Hy-Vee RedMedia advertisers, the Carrot Ads capabilities will be available later in 2025. More details below.)

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Wonder Buys Media Company Tastemade for $90 Million

Retail TouchPoints

The acquisition is the latest step by Wonder to combine takeout, delivery and meal kits into a single app now bolstered by an international production company, content studio and advertising business. Wonder opened a food hall in a Quakertown, Pa.

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How Does the Super Bowl Affect the Retail Sector?

Retail Focus

The New Boys In 2018, the US Supreme Court overturned the infamous PASPA ruling relating to sports betting. In return for this extra revenue, many sportsbooks plow funds back into the NFL through advertising and sponsorship deals. For the 2024 Super Bowl, advertisers were paying around $7 million for a 30-second ad.

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From Niche Product to Viral Sensation: How Bogg Bag Ventured into 1,800 Target Stores

Retail TouchPoints

We increased sales little by little from 2015 to 2018, and the demand was too much, so it was too much for me and my one employee. RTP: Have you invested in paid marketing and advertising to grow the brand, or would you attribute most of the Bogg Bag’s success to organic community building? RTP: How did COVID affect your operations?

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Silly Solly’s plans 10 more stores as it moves to franchise model

Inside Retail

We believe in the model, it’s been operating since 2018.” The Silly Solly’s brand has come full circle, now owned by Stanton and an Australian management team that reinvented the model in 2018. “We The chain boasts ‘Nothing over $5’ in its advertising.

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